My heart is broken, deeply broken. Is there no one in Illinois who has the moral compunction to stand up to the corruption known as Chicago? Will any Illinois person of honor come forward to put a stop to what is going on? When I received an anonymous E-mail about the Land of Lincolnwhere our governors make our license platesI couldnt laugh any more. You see, there always has been a perverse sort of gallows humor, perhaps even misplaced sense of pride associated with Chicago. When I tell people here in Florida that Im from near Chicago, I sense that I have assumed a different status in their eyes. One guy even stepped back, suddenly refusing to interrupt me anymore!

As the current Illinois, all-Democrat-legislature tried every way possible to pass a series of unconstitutional gun bans last week,  three sitting [Illinois] lawmakers [were] facing criminal charges. (1) All Democrats from Chicago, they include...

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